Glass

Real or fake? In this photo, the frosted white shards, manufactured from broken and tumbled glass, contrast with colorful found fragments of sea glass (or “ ...

One threat: Adding fake sea glass to your fish’s aquarium could dangerously alter the water’s pH level. Sea glass—from pieces of bottles and jars—is trash, transformed by the sea and poetically reinterpreted as treasure. Its provenance points to the heyday of consumer glass production, before the rise of throwaway plastics; its allure is fueled by the childlike thrill of a discovery on the whims of time and tide.